LETTERS: Cape Wind is a bad idea

Friday

Aug 10, 2012 at 2:00 AM

I am writing regarding your Cape Wind articles recently published.

Patriot Staff

I am writing regarding your Cape Wind articles recently published. I do not believe that Cape Wind is a good idea for many reasons. The main construction company for Cape Wind is located in Germany, which means that Germany and other big companies are making easy money, and earning that money by taking it from American taxpayers. Cape Wind Associates say that in the process of building Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound, fish and sea life will not be killed or affected. What do Cape Wind Associates know about fishing and the industry? How can they tell fishermen, who know more about their field than anyone else, that fish will not be harmed? Cape Wind Associates are simply just trying to convince the public that Cape Wind is safe when in reality it’s not. Also, what happens if fishermen aren’t able to find fish in Nantucket Sound when Cape Wind is being built? That means they have to travel farther to get fish, resulting in high prices for fish. Once again, the people are being hit with a curve ball. Many jobs can be created by Cape Wind … what jobs? Jobs can only be created for people if they have a college degree in that field. Cape Wind isn’t a simple project to take on and just create a job for. I believe that Cape Wind is not a good idea because of the so many negatives it brings society.

Kianna L. Chevalier West Barnstable

Editor’s note: The writer is a student at Pope John Paul II High School